I.
noun
1 brightness
ADJECTIVE
▪ clear , good
▪ bright , brilliant , harsh , intense , strong
▪ blinding
▪ full
▪
In full ~, you could see Alison was well over forty.
▪ bad , dim , faint , feeble , murky , poor , weak
▪ subdued
▪ failing
▪
We could hardly see the ball in the failing ~.
▪ gentle , pale , soft , watery
▪ mellow , warm
▪ cold , cool
▪
in the cold ~ of morning
▪ early , morning
▪ artificial
▪ natural
▪ infrared , ultraviolet , UV
▪
film that is sensitive to ultraviolet ~
▪ white , yellow , etc.
▪ visible
▪ candle (usually candlelight )
… OF LIGHT
▪ beam , ray
▪ burst , flash , gleam , glimmer
▪
There was a flash of ~ followed by an explosion.
▪ patch , pool
VERB + LIGHT
▪ have
▪
Do you have enough ~ for reading?
▪ generate , produce
▪ cast , emit , give , give out , provide , shed , shine
▪
~ emitted by a star
▪ absorb
▪ reflect
▪ block out
▪ be bathed in
▪ be sensitive to
LIGHT + VERB
▪ gleam , glow , shine
▪ come , fall , pour , stream
▪
Light from a tall lamp fell in a pool on the desk.
▪ fill sth , flood sth
▪ reflect
▪
The ~ reflecting off the snow was dazzling.
▪ grow stronger , increase
▪ fade , fail , thicken
▪ blind sb , dazzle sb
▪
We were momentarily blinded by the ~ of the sun.
▪ catch sth
▪
You could see the imperfections in the repair when the ~ caught it.
▪ illuminate sth , light sth , light sth up
LIGHT + NOUN
▪ level
▪ source
▪ beam
▪ therapy
PREPOSITION
▪ against the ~
▪
She held up the letter against the ~.
▪ by the ~ of
▪
They managed to see where the door was by the ~ of the moon.
▪ into the ~
▪
Bring it into the ~ and we'll have a look at it.
▪ in the ~
▪
The place looked calm in the golden evening ~.
▪ ~ from
▪
the ~ from the kitchen window
PHRASES
▪ (the) ~ at the end of the tunnel ( figurative )
▪
For the first time since the start of his treatment, we can now see ~ at the end of the tunnel.
▪ the ~ of day ( figurative )
▪
Some of his paintings never even saw the ~ of day.
▪ (at) the speed of ~
▪
Nothing can travel faster than the speed of ~.
▪ a point of ~ , a source of ~
▪
The lamp was the only source of ~ in the room.
2 sth that produces light
ADJECTIVE
▪ bright
▪
the bright ~s of the city
▪ blinking , flashing , flickering , twinkling
▪ electric , fluorescent , gas , halogen , low-energy , neon , strip , strobe
▪ bedside , ceiling , outside , overhead , wall
▪ bathroom , landing , porch , etc.
▪ street
▪ security , warning
▪
A warning ~ goes on when the battery is running low.
▪ brake , fog , hazard , tail
▪
The car was stopped at the side of the road with its hazard ~s flashing.
▪ landing
▪
The pilot could just make out the runway landing ~s.
▪ disco
VERB + LIGHT
▪ flick on , flip on ( AmE ), put on , switch on , turn on
▪ have on
▪
Some cars already had their ~s on.
▪ keep on , leave on
▪ extinguish , flick off , flip off ( AmE ), put off , put out , shut off ( AmE ), switch off , turn off , turn out
▪ turn up
▪ dim , turn down
▪ shine
▪
Someone shone a ~ in my face.
▪ flash
▪
He flashed his ~s to warn the oncoming cars.
LIGHT + VERB
▪ be off , be on
▪ come on , go on
▪
The warning ~ came on.
▪ go off , go out
▪ dim
▪ fuse
▪ gleam , glimmer , glow , shine
▪ flash
▪
The blue ~ was flashing.
▪ blink , flicker
▪
The ~ flickered a couple of times then went out.
▪ blind sb , dazzle sb
LIGHT + NOUN
▪ switch
▪ fitting ( BrE ), fixture ( AmE ) (see also light bulb ) ⇨ See also ↑ traffic light
II.
verb
1 make sth begin to burn
VERB + LIGHT
▪ attempt to , try to
▪ pause to , stop to
▪
She paused to ~ another cigarette.
2 ( often be lit ) give light to sth
ADVERB
▪ well
▪
a well-lit room
▪ badly , barely , dimly , faintly , poorly
▪
a dimly lit street
▪ brightly , brilliantly
▪ softly
▪ briefly
▪
A gleam of pleasure briefly lit his face. ( figurative )
▪ immediately , instantly
▪
Stacey's face immediately lit up.
▪ suddenly
▪ up
▪
There was an explosion and the whole sky lit up.
PREPOSITION
▪ by
▪
The room was dark now, lit only by a single candle.
▪ with ( figurative )
▪
Her face lit up with pleasure.
Light is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bulb , ↑ candle , ↑ fire , ↑ flame , ↑ flare , ↑ flash , ↑ glow , ↑ lamp , ↑ lantern , ↑ light , ↑ lightning , ↑ moon , ↑ torch
Light is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bonfire , ↑ candle , ↑ cigar , ↑ cigarette , ↑ fire , ↑ firework , ↑ flame , ↑ fuse , ↑ gas , ↑ incense , ↑ lamp , ↑ lantern , ↑ match , ↑ pipe , ↑ room , ↑ stove , ↑ torch
III.
adj.
1 not dark
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become , get , grow , turn
▪
It was starting to get ~.
▪
As soon as it grew ~, we got up and dressed.
▪
The sky turned ~ once more.
▪ remain , stay
▪
It stays ~ for so long on these summer evenings.
▪ appear
▪
Remember that paint shades appear lighter in full sunlight.
ADVERB
▪ very
▪
All our galleries are very ~.
▪ almost
▪
It was almost ~ outside.
▪ barely
▪
It was barely ~ yet.
▪ fairly
▪ enough
▪
It was not ~ enough to see things clearly.
▪ still
2 not weighing much
VERBS
▪ be , feel , seem
▪ become , get
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ reasonably , relatively
▪ enough
▪
The tent is ~ enough for backpacking and touring.
▪ amazingly , remarkably , surprisingly
▪ strangely , unusually
▪
The bottle felt strangely ~ between my fingers.
▪ deliciously
▪
a deliciously ~ alternative to cake
3 not great in amount/degree
VERBS
▪ be
▪ remain
▪
Trading volume remains ~.
ADVERB
▪ very
▪ remarkably
▪
The punishment can be remarkably ~.
▪ comparatively , fairly , quite , relatively
▪
The traffic is usually fairly ~ in the afternoons.
Light is used with these nouns: ↑ aircraft , ↑ ale , ↑ armour , ↑ banter , ↑ batter , ↑ beam , ↑ beer , ↑ blonde , ↑ blouse , ↑ blow , ↑ boot , ↑ breakfast , ↑ breeze , ↑ brown , ↑ bulb , ↑ casualty , ↑ chuckle , ↑ clothing , ↑ cloud , ↑ coat , ↑ coating , ↑ colour , ↑ comedy , ↑ complexion , ↑ cotton , ↑ cruiser , ↑ dinner , ↑ doze , ↑ drinker , ↑ drizzle , ↑ duty , ↑ duvet , ↑ engineering , ↑ entertainment , ↑ exercise , ↑ fabric , ↑ fall , ↑ fare , ↑ fitting , ↑ fixture , ↑ footstep , ↑ fragrance , ↑ freckle , ↑ frost , ↑ grey , ↑ hair , ↑ heart , ↑ housework , ↑ industry , ↑ intensity , ↑ jacket , ↑ jog , ↑ jumper , ↑ kiss , ↑ knock , ↑ laugh , ↑ load , ↑ lunch , ↑ make-up , ↑ meal , ↑ meter , ↑ mist , ↑ music , ↑ oil , ↑ opera , ↑ pastry , ↑ penalty , ↑ penetration , ↑ period , ↑ plane , ↑ pollution , ↑ pressure , ↑ purple , ↑ rail , ↑ rain , ↑ ray , ↑ reading , ↑ red , ↑ reflection , ↑ refreshment , ↑ relief , ↑ saturation , ↑ scratch , ↑ sentence , ↑ shade , ↑ shading , ↑ shawl , ↑ shoe , ↑ shopping , ↑ shove , ↑ show , ↑ shower , ↑ signal , ↑ skin , ↑ slap , ↑ sleep , ↑ smack , ↑ smoker , ↑ snack , ↑ snow , ↑ snowfall , ↑ socket , ↑ soil , ↑ source , ↑ spray , ↑ steering , ↑ step , ↑ suitcase , ↑ supper , ↑ sweat , ↑ sweater , ↑ switch , ↑ tan , ↑ tap , ↑ texture , ↑ tint , ↑ tone , ↑ touch , ↑ traffic , ↑ trance , ↑ transmission , ↑ tread , ↑ truck , ↑ verse , ↑ voice , ↑ wave , ↑ weapon , ↑ weight , ↑ wind , ↑ wine , ↑ wood , ↑ work , ↑ workout , ↑ year